Database of luminescent Minerals

ZEKTZERITE

Chemical Formula: NaLiZrSi₆O₁₅

Familly: Silicates

Status: IMA-A

Crystal System: Orthorhombic

Mineral for Display: No

Luminescence:

Daylight Picture

ZEKTZERITE
Washington Pass, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
Photo and Copyright: Jeffrey M. Schwartz
Site of the author
Used with permission of the author

Short Waves Pictures (254nm)

ZEKTZERITE, UVSW
Washington Pass, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
Photo and Copyright: Jeffrey M. Schwartz
Site of the author
Used with permission of the author

Phosphorescence (in the common meaning of the term) seen by naked eye:

Comments:

Ti-O substituting for Zr-O

Main Activator(s) and spectrum:

Most Common Activator: Ti - O

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Ti-O : large band with max at 490 nm  (Gorobets) 

490, 513, 545, 601nm (sample in collection)

Best Locality for luminescence(*):

• Golden Horn batholit, Washington Pass, Okanogan county, Washington, USA;
• Golden Horn batholit, Kangaroo Ridge, Okanogan county, Washington, USA;
• Dara-I-Poiz, Garm region, Alayskiy Range, Tien Shan, Tadzhikistan;

(*)Data are not exhaustive and are limited to the most important localities for fluorescence

Bibliographical Reference for luminescence:

• The Henkel Glossary of Fluorescent Minerals, Dr. Gerhard Henkel, Published by the FMS, 1989 ,
• Fluorescence: Gems and Minerals Under Ultraviolet Light, Manuel Robbins, 1994, Geoscience Press, ISBN 0-945005-13-X ,
• The World of Fluorescent Minerals, Stuart Schneider, Schiffer Publishing, 2006, ISBN 0-7643-2544-2 ,
• Luminescent Spectra of Minerals, Boris S. Gorobets and Alexandre A. Rogojine, Moscow, 2002 ,

Luminescence Reference on internet:

• http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/zektzerite.pdf
• Washington Minerals
• Golden Horn Batholit

Mineralogical Reference on internet:

  http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Zektzerite

  http://webmineral.com/data/Zektzerite.shtml

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